mdq
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Post by mdq on Feb 24, 2024 13:41:48 GMT -8
I know it's early...  |
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Post by sd40dash2 on Feb 24, 2024 13:57:38 GMT -8
^ Incredible weathering work as always!
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Post by sd40dash2 on Feb 24, 2024 13:57:58 GMT -8
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Post by onequiknova on Feb 24, 2024 16:21:58 GMT -8
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Post by GP40P-2 on Feb 24, 2024 17:05:25 GMT -8
I love it! Need it, build it, no drama, and end up with what you need! |
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Post by Colin 't Hart on Feb 24, 2024 20:46:19 GMT -8
Stupendous flat car!
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Post by dti406 on Feb 25, 2024 6:50:49 GMT -8
Good morning from sunny and cool Northeast Ohio! This week I managed to complete a couple of cars. First, a McKeen/Front Range 50' RBL where I removed the cast on underframe and replaced it with a Details West one, along with Moloco Draft Gear Boxes and Uncoupling levers and A-Line Sill Steps, painted with Scalecoat II Armour Yellow, Silver and Boxcar Red paints and lettered with Mask Island (Now Highball Graphics) decals. These cars were used in handling finished products out of the Campbell Soup plant in Napoleon, OH as evidenced by the 1090 code above the car number. _IMG_0554.png?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds) Next an Athearn 60' PS Boxcar kit, painted with Scalecoat II Armour Yellow and Silver paints and lettered with a really old Walther's decal. As evidenced by the 155 code the car was in auto parts service for Ford and the car was to be returned to the Warren, MI plant for reloading. _IMG_0555.png?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds) Here is a pair of DT&I Athearn GP40-2's with a train full of various RBL and XLI boxcars that were assigned to the Campbell's Soup Plant heading for Malinta, OH to be transported up the branch to the plant in Napoleon, OH. _IMG_0487_uupiS3EPULYR8Vm4NzWFy8.png?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds) Thanks for looking! Rick Jesionowski |
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Post by danpik on Feb 25, 2024 6:52:07 GMT -8
Beautiful work. Almost a shame to put paint on it as the workmanship and detail show so well as they are. Dan |
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Post by danpik on Feb 25, 2024 6:52:40 GMT -8
Two more from the collection   |
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Post by kentuckysouthernrwy on Feb 25, 2024 7:58:15 GMT -8
Those DON'T look like cabooses!But they DO look nice...
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Post by sd40dash2 on Feb 25, 2024 8:00:20 GMT -8
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Post by packer on Feb 25, 2024 17:24:44 GMT -8
Ignore my hand in these, lol  Since my club had 4 or 5 of these in the sale box, i figured fix one up for the club layout just to use as a runner (also gets rid of one of my 80-something pairs of walthers trucks). Painted the roof and ends black. Will probably weather to for an attempt at a composite car.   Filled in the side sill on this branchline car so I can use it as a stand-in. I ended up using tru-color CNW green as I had it on hand, just "feathered" it into the rest of the car. Gotta say, it's easier to remove from the sill then to add to it. Should blend in alright with weathering. |
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Post by loco8107 on Feb 25, 2024 18:34:34 GMT -8
I know it's early... Considering how this thread usually starts later no complaints here lol. |
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Post by hudsonyard on Feb 25, 2024 20:58:59 GMT -8
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johns
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Post by johns on Feb 26, 2024 12:45:07 GMT -8
I know it's early... The question here is how did you create the fake looking 1:1 grass and put it around a real LO and a real building? Can't fool me. |
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Post by bn7023 on Feb 27, 2024 12:36:26 GMT -8
 onequiknova, that's cool! I noticed that the end of the runway of the Tri-level car was shaped like a ramp. It is the red line. Do all tri-level cars have something like this? Can't the top of the automobile hit the 2nd floor? I have always been worried about the overlap with the couplers. |
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Post by riogrande on Feb 27, 2024 13:51:12 GMT -8
onequiknova, that's cool! I noticed that the end of the runway of the Tri-level car was shaped like a ramp. It is the red line. Do all tri-level cars have something like this? Can't the top of the automobile hit the 2nd floor? I have always been worried about the overlap with the couplers. To have the the deck as low as it is, it meant the coupler draft gear would be up higher to maintain the correct height. So there has to be a ramp to allow cars to go over that bulging up draft gear. Same thing with some TOFC flat cars, where trailers have to be driven over hitches which are in the down position. |
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Post by onequiknova on Feb 27, 2024 18:25:33 GMT -8
onequiknova, that's cool! I noticed that the end of the runway of the Tri-level car was shaped like a ramp. It is the red line. Do all tri-level cars have something like this? Can't the top of the automobile hit the 2nd floor? I have always been worried about the overlap with the couplers. To have the the deck as low as it is, it meant the coupler draft gear would be up higher to maintain the correct height. So there has to be a ramp to allow cars to go over that ramp. Same thing with some TOFC flat cars, where trailers have to be driven over hitches which are in the down position. Exactly. To add to that, only autoracks built on low deck flats had the ramps. Racks built on flush deck flats, like the Accurail autorack, didn't need them since the draftgear was below the deck. On a low level tri-levels, the ends of the second deck were hinged. These hinged decks would be raised so cars could be driven over the draft gear on the first level. Once the lower deck was full, the hinged decks would be lowered so the second and third decks could be loaded. |
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Post by champagnetrail on Feb 28, 2024 7:27:05 GMT -8
To have the the deck as low as it is, it meant the coupler draft gear would be up higher to maintain the correct height. So there has to be a ramp to allow cars to go over that ramp. Same thing with some TOFC flat cars, where trailers have to be driven over hitches which are in the down position. Exactly. To add to that, only autoracks built on low deck flats had the ramps. Racks built on flush deck flats, like the Accurail autorack, didn't need them since the draftgear was below the deck. On a low level tri-levels, the ends of the second deck were hinged. These hinged decks would be raised so cars could be driven over the draft gear on the first level. Once the lower deck was full, the hinged decks would be lowered so the second and third decks could be loaded. Really impressive work...
What's the name of that law when you scratchbuild something and then some model manufacturer comes out with the same thing? Yeah...sorry...but I'm hoping that happens again, because I need...a bunch...of low deck flats with tri-level racks.
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Post by riogrande on Feb 28, 2024 7:57:57 GMT -8
Exactly. To add to that, only autoracks built on low deck flats had the ramps. Racks built on flush deck flats, like the Accurail autorack, didn't need them since the draftgear was below the deck. On a low level tri-levels, the ends of the second deck were hinged. These hinged decks would be raised so cars could be driven over the draft gear on the first level. Once the lower deck was full, the hinged decks would be lowered so the second and third decks could be loaded. Really impressive work... What's the name of that law when you scratchbuild something and then some model manufacturer comes out with the same thing? Yeah...sorry...but I'm hoping that happens again, because I need...a bunch...of low deck flats with tri-level racks.
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Dabney's law? I'd love to see the low deck rack come out in a commercial model! |
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Post by edgecrusher on Feb 28, 2024 12:43:05 GMT -8
I'm way past Sunday as usual, not having internet access at home can be a pain at times.  But anyway, here's a Monon F3 I've been making some progress on.
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Post by jacksong1218 on Feb 29, 2024 7:33:38 GMT -8
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But anyway, here's a Monon F3 I've been making some progress on.
